The mask has finally fallen, as the truth behind the relentless attacks on the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku is now laid bare—a shocking web of illegal land sales and betrayal of the people.
In a bombshell confession to the police, a suspect, who is the younger brother of a serving officer at Ogwashi-Uku Area Command, admitted selling 100 plots of ancestral land behind Delta State Polytechnic to a private estate company on behalf of a rival land faction, with their council at the center of the transaction. This was land previously sold by another claimant, who is the nominal complainant in the case.
Paid in cash, protected with guns
The suspect, arrested with firearms and ammunition, revealed that the estate developers paid millions in installments directly to a lawyer.
He further confessed that his police officer brother dispatched him, along with hired thugs, to terrorize community members and enforce the land grab.
The lawyer in question is also facing attempted murder charges at the Federal High Court Asaba.
The suspect also revealed that stolen billboards were delivered straight to the faction’s leader’s house. Even more damning, he admitted that he and other youths personally showed the estate developers the land before payments were made.
The motive behind their campaign
For months, the rival faction has thrown mud at the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, sponsoring blogs, fake videos, and faceless agitators to tarnish his image.
Now, the motive is clear: they are desperate to cover their tracks and protect the illegal deals they struck with the developers.
A community elder, disgusted by the revelations, said: “It is now obvious why they are fighting the Obi. It is for their selfish interest. They sold our land, pocketed the money, and are now using propaganda to distract the people. They are traitors, not leaders. Ogwashi-Uku deserves better.”
“It is now obvious why the officer has been unrelenting in bad mouthing the Obi. He is trying to help protect their land sale while pretending to care about Agidiase or Ogwashi-Uku.”
Court victory and desperate retaliation
Recall that the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku secured a resounding court judgment reclaiming the Polytechnic lands for the community, enforced by court bailiffs with security provided by the Delta State Commissioner of Police under the IGP’s authority.
Since then, the land mafia has unleashed a smear war against the Obi—including stage-managing a woman’s video to falsely claim her land was taken, when in fact the court was simply recovering stolen community land.
Trial of the gunmen
The arrested suspects are now facing criminal charges for illegal possession of firearms, forcible entry, and malicious damage in Charge No. O/18C/2025 before the Delta State High Court, Ogwashi-Uku.
The same lawyer is representing the suspects, who are currently at the Federal Correctional Center in Ogwashi-Uku during their trial.
An unidentified court official claimed to our reporter that the lawyer should also be among those facing trial since he was involved in the land transaction and should be a co-conspirator in the case.
Land mafia unmasked
This confession confirms what many sons and daughters of Ogwashi-Uku long suspected: a faction, in collusion with a lawyer and their police insider, has been running a land mafia operation—selling off community heritage to estate developers while blackmailing the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku to cover their crimes.
The people of Ogwashi-Uku are now being urged to unite, reject the land cabal, and stand firmly with their monarch in defending the kingdom’s dignity and future.
